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@millenial Dan
I don’t think bronies are kinder and more compassionate than others. I’m not being a cynic ethier, I just don’t think that we should consider ourselves better than others. The only generalization I can make about bronies is that bronies like ponies.

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@millenial Dan
I don’t think bronies are kinder and more compassionate than others. I’m not being a cynic ethier, I just don’t think that we should consider ourselves better than others. The only generalization I can make about bronies is that bronies like ponies.

I never used the word “better”, as that is extremely subjective and vague. However, there was a study done that supports my statement. I’ll see if I can find it.

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Here it is. If you don’t want to see the whole thing, here’s the part I’m talking about:

A higher number of asterisks indicates greater statistical difference.

No doubt, someone will try to find some way of discrediting these results, but my opinion is that they are basically accurate.

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@Millenial Dan
I don’t know really how to categorize all of the bronies. All I know is that the community and the show dug me out of a deep world of s^^^. My grandfather who I grew up knowing had just passed away, and I was depressed. So depressed, I was becoming a monster of a being, and honestly, a living wreck. Upon the realization, I tried to find some other venue, and hoped to God that he would provide something that could make me feel better.
I guess Bronies and MLP were his answer, because pretty soon, I started taking interest when I noticed it on YouTube. Pretty soon I was watching the show, and now, I’m a brony!
So I’d say this fandom does help drag people like me out of bad places and helps us get back on our feet.
Ahhh, personal stories…

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You didnt say better, but I think we can all agree that being more caring and compasionate does make one a better person. About the study, look for it. I want to see who did it.

It was on EQD a few-ish months back. The survey was done by a psychiatrist named Dr. Patrick Edwards and a neuropsychologist named Dr. Marsha Redden, so at least the people doing it sound legit enough. As for the results I’m not sure. Thanks Millenial, I didn’t realize they had posted the results. I participated, which makes at least my answers legit.

If you cite is as evidence then I’ll show you why it isn’t the highest quality of surveys, why the results lack external reliability, and why the conclusions reached are are not probably correct. (However, I will grant that this round of conclusions aren’t nearly as biased as the previous round’s.)

Also, the questionnaire itself was that of a clinical psychologist. In determining whether or not we are nicer as a community or anything, I’d feel as if that is best left to a sociologist or a social psychologist. A clinical psychologist (as the two running the study are) has a different bent in how they approach their respondents. I’m not saying they don’t know their stuff, but they’ve made some really poor conclusions before.

And being involved in research myself in the social sciences, I can tell you that my assignments often involve finding fault in methodology, conclusions, or theoretical background (something completely missing from the first part of the study and lacking in the second.)

tl;dr It’s as good as any other piece of evidence you could find, but it does have its flaws.

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If you cite is as evidence then I’ll show you why it isn’t the highest quality of surveys, why the results lack external reliability, and why the conclusions reached are are not probably correct. (However, I will grant that this round of conclusions aren’t nearly as biased as the previous round’s.)

Also, the questionnaire itself was that of a clinical psychologist. In determining whether or not we are nicer as a community or anything, I’d feel as if that is best left to a sociologist or a social psychologist. A clinical psychologist (as the two running the study are) has a different bent in how they approach their respondents. I’m not saying they don’t know their stuff, but they’ve made some really poor conclusions before.

And being involved in research myself in the social sciences, I can tell you that my assignments often involve finding fault in methodology, conclusions, or theoretical background (something completely missing from the first part of the study and lacking in the second.)

tl;dr It’s as good as any other piece of evidence you could find, but it does have its flaws.

Heh, I’m a prophet. It’s okay though, those are just my views, and I just wanted to show that they weren’t completely unfounded.

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Heh, I’m a prophet. It’s okay though, those are just my views, and I just wanted to show that they weren’t completely unfounded.

No, they are not unfounded. After reading these results, I think they went into a lot more effort in clarifying their results this time around. I do not feel ashamed to share institutions with one of them now.

I will say though that I’d believe a lot of the respondents come from Equestria Daily, because that’s where I saw most of the recruitment done. I don’t know if they went into other sites with significant numbers of broneis (bringing that spelling back now), many of which do not visit Equestria Daily (e.g., Ponibooru, FIMchan, /mlp/). I know a lot of news is stuff I have to present here, because at one point, most of you didn’t frequent Equestria Daily very often. If many other smaller subcommunities of broneis are the same way, then their sample probably wasn’t representative of the brony community on the whole. I know that many users on Ponibooru hate EqD and their commenters, because they see them as being overly concerned with morals and have already made a point to remove anonymous posting to prevent/reduce trolling.

Given that reason for disliking EqD (which is tied to how nice we are as a community,) I’d say that you’d have entirely different results from Ponibooru, FIMchan, and paheal, some dA’s, some tumblr circles, and maybe /mlp/ (I haven’t been there recently to know how they feel about various matters of morality, kindness, or anything.)

So I’d say that would be some evidence that this particular portion of bronydom (to “steal” a term from opspe who stole from me first but PATENTSAND SH!T) is nicer than non-bronies. But even in that, I’m sure subjectively “nice” can be twisted by using objective measurements to yield insignificant results.

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No, they are not unfounded. After reading these results, I think they went into a lot more effort in clarifying their results this time around. I do not feel ashamed to share institutions with one of them now.

I will say though that I’d believe a lot of the respondents come from Equestria Daily, because that’s where I saw most of the recruitment done. I don’t know if they went into other sites with significant numbers of broneis (bringing that spelling back now), many of which do not visit Equestria Daily (e.g., Ponibooru, FIMchan, /mlp/). I know a lot of news is stuff I have to present here, because at one point, most of you didn’t frequent Equestria Daily very often. If many other smaller subcommunities of broneis are the same way, then their sample probably wasn’t representative of the brony community on the whole. I know that many users on Ponibooru hate EqD and their commenters, because they see them as being overly concerned with morals and have already made a point to remove anonymous posting to prevent/reduce trolling.

Given that reason for disliking EqD (which is tied to how nice we are as a community,) I’d say that you’d have entirely different results from Ponibooru, FIMchan, and paheal, some dA’s, some tumblr circles, and maybe /mlp/ (I haven’t been there recently to know how they feel about various matters of morality, kindness, or anything.)

So I’d say that would be some evidence that this particular portion of bronydom (to “steal” a term from opspe who stole from me first but PATENTSAND SH!T) is nicer than non-bronies. But even in that, I’m sure subjectively “nice” can be twisted by using objective measurements to yield insignificant results.

The survey does have its margins of error, as do any surveys in general. However, statistically speaking, the Brony Study is probably accurate, if not for the whole fandom, for Equestria Daily. People do tend to be rather truthful in anonymous surveys like these.

I kind of doubt the non-brony portion of the study though, because why would a non-brony take that quiz in the first place? The comparison from the survey results seems iffy, but makes sense.

Avoiding subjective terms like “better” and “nicer”, I do believe that bronies are, on average, more emotional and compassionate toward others. Take that as you will.

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Very interesting, I always appreciate your detailed perspective. Being a frequenter of EqD and some other sites myself, I understand how different the various groups can be. That is certainly a good thing to keep in mind when constructing a study of such a massive fandom.

@ExudesAffluence

You’re welcome. Interesting that you took the study, I know some others who did as well, though I did not.

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Edit response to question below since I don’t feel like double posting –
I await.

No sorry. Its the pre-story about Celestia.
Trust me, Red Dawn is not gonna be ready for a while. Which is why I’m starting to write it now.
My name is We’ll_Never_Know. Got a Hind for an avatar (that’s my standard)

BTW, this one’s open to critique. I want to know what I should work on to make Lunar Dawn the best it can be!

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I’m reasonably happy with it, but I’m currently retooling it to give it a bit more personal touch. I downloaded the MIDI tracks from someone on My Little Remix and used a lot of Apple Loops, so I’m not fully satisfied with it in terms of originality.

I’m reasonably happy with it, but I’m currently retooling it to give it a bit more personal touch. I downloaded the MIDI tracks from someone on My Little Remix and used a lot of Apple Loops, so I’m not fully satisfied with it in terms of originality.

I wish I could make remixes… I look forward to hearing your final product.

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Wow, your friends draw ponies on you when that happens? Mine just draw dicks and write ‘shit’ or ‘fuck’ everywhere. I think that means you win.

Also, lol@ Fuck shit stack

(Listen up to the second verse, it’s genius. It’s not all just swearing, it’s supposed to be a satire of rap. Also, I’ve said this before, but DATLIPSYNCING)

Pinkamena wrote:

(This picture is a reference to the Silent Ponyville fanfic).

I can remember reading that last summer. That there’s some creepy shit. It somehow managed to capture the oppressive atmosphere of the earlier Silent Hill games (side note: Silent Hill 2 = best game evar), to the point where it made me feel uncomfortable if I read it for too long. I also read the sequel focused on Fluttershy, and that was equally good. I should really work my way through the third one sometime.

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Hey, so, about Cutie Marks… What exactly are they? Are they a pigment change in a pony’s hair, or their skin, or both? Because if it was just their hair or something, then if you were to shave a pony’s hair off they wouldn’t have a cutie mark until the hair grows back… Or something. I dunno, thoughts?

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Hey, so, about Cutie Marks… What exactly are they? Are they a pigment change in a pony’s hair, or their skin, or both? Because if it was just their hair or something, then if you were to shave a pony’s hair off they wouldn’t have a cutie mark until the hair grows back… Or something. I dunno, thoughts?

When Snips and Snails get shaved in Ponyville Confidential, it shows cutie marks are only on the fur. I can’t remember if we’ve seen them since, but would guess their marks would’ve grown back.

As for any of the other mechanics of cutie marks:It’s magic, I don’t gotta explain shit.

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I’m in a stream for the askspaponies tumblr blog and because the mod for spa ponies accidentally streamed at the same time hotdiggedy did, Hotdiggedydemon sent all of his fans to chat-bomb the spa-pony stream and throw insults at the mod.

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I’m in a stream for the askspaponies tumblr blog and because the mod for spa ponies accidentally streamed at the same time hotdiggedy did, Hotdiggedydemon sent all of his fans to chat-bomb the spa-pony stream and throw insults at the mod.

WTF.

Not cool.

drawing shit is serious business.

Its not all fun and games. Its a fight to the death.

Drawing pictures is a serious competition. Only the strongest and greates will survive.